The 2026-27 season marks Colin Rardin's sixth as a member of the Seattle U men's basketball staff. He began as a graduate assistant for the 2021-22 season and was promoted to assistant coach in June 2023.
Since joining the coaching staff, Rardin has helped oversee the offensive, contributing to three of Seattle U's top four offensive seasons since the program's return to Division I. The Redhawks have averaged more than 20 wins per season during his time on staff, captured the 2022 WAC Championship and 2024 CBI Championship, and earned a berth in the 2026 NIT. He has also aided in the development and coaching of six All-WAC and All-WCC selections.
Rardin's responsibilities include establishing and maintaining recruiting relationships with prep, junior college and international coaches and directors, hosting official and unofficial campus visits, and collaborating with the coaching staff to plan and execute team practices and individual player development sessions. He has also hired and overseen the development of graduate assistants.
He has served as director of youth camps, monitoring and projecting budget activity in coordination with the university's finance office and creating reports related to game scheduling and performance analytics.
As a graduate assistant, Rardin was involved in multiple aspects of the program, including preparing scouting reports, team practices, individual workouts, data analytics, operational tasks and oversight of the team's undergraduate managers. He also led player development sessions and was selected to participate in the TopConnect Graduate Assistant Leadership Academy in 2022, a development opportunity limited to 20 graduate assistants from around the country.
Rardin played collegiately for two years at Colorado Mesa University before transferring to Pacific University for his final two seasons. At Pacific, he led the Boxers in points, rebounds and assists as a senior, served as team captain and earned First Team All-Northwest Conference Scholar honors. He also earned RMAC All-Academic Team recognition at Colorado Mesa.
Rardin graduated magna cum laude from Pacific University in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance. He earned his master's degree in finance from Seattle University in 2023.